Photos from Inside Extraordinary Instruments

[charlesbrooks]

I'm working on a photographic series called the Architecture in Music.
These images make use of special probe lenses and advanced processing techniques to make you feel as if you're standing inside the instrument.
I thought you might enjoy a few of them:

Inside a Lockey Hill Cello, circa 1780. This cello was completed shortly before Lockey Hill's execution for Horse Theft!


Inside the action of a Fazioli Grand Piano.


The interior of a Burkart Elite 14k Rose Gold Flute. You can see the scratch marks from many years of use:


This is an ongoing series and I'm constantly adding new instruments. I'm now working with medical optics companies to modify endoscopes to get into increasingly small spaces. If we can get that working well the idea is to do a series on the inside of some of the finest instruments ever made, strads, amati etc. - I'll keep you posted on how that goes!

You can view the whole series as it stands here: https://www.architectureinmusic.com/pages/gallery